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  • Halloween Movie Review: “28 Days Later”

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    Danny Boyle’s 28 Days Later is my favorite horror film — maybe because it doesn’t play out like a horror film. The opening scene depicts animal activists breaking into a lab to release chimpanzees, who are in fact infected with a rage virus. This launches the zombie film that’s not really about zombies and the horror film…

  • Thoughts on the “Science Fantasy” Genre

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    Lately I’ve been browsing science fiction and fantasy books, trying to make a to-read list that will get me excited about diving into fictional worlds again. I’ve also been researching for some personal writing projects. And what interests me most as I explore these two genres is how often they mix to create a third…

  • The Inner Space Mystery of “Moon”

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    Moon (2009) is as much a thoughtful mystery as it is a whirlwind psychological profile of a single man, alone on the moon. It has become one of my favorite science fiction films ever. In Moon, Sam Bell (Sam Rockwell) is finishing up his three-year contract with Lunar Industries, which has him harvesting fuel on the far…